entries → 稍
TSUMUGU · B2 · 字
稍 character · B2
稍 ＝ 禾 ＋ 肖
ㄕㄠ · shāo
adv — slightly, a little; (verb, old) tip of grain

字源 FORM — what the parts do

禾義a stalk of grain, bending at the top
肖聲xiào — gives the soundflesh (月) shrunk small (小): made to resemble, in miniature
IFTxiào → shāo — the sound drifted off the donor
A grain stalk (禾) tapering to its tip — the old sense is the thinnest end of the ear. 肖 xiào carries the sound, worn to shāo. From the tip where the stalk runs out, the sense of just a little: 稍微、稍稍.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

禾（禾）的尖尖最細最小——只那麼一點點，就是稍。
The very tip of the grain stalk (禾), the thinnest least of it — just that little is 稍.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)禾末、尖梢— tip of a grain stalk
→稍微、稍稍— slightly, a little常用
⇒稍後、稍許— shortly, a bit later
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
梢shāosame 肖, but wood 木 for the tip of a branch; 稍 takes grain 禾肖xiàothe phonetic alone — flesh 月 over small 小, to resemble